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Percent distribution of household population by type of sanitation facility used by the household, Palestine, 2014
  Type of sanitation facility used by household Total Percentage using improved sanitation [1] Number of household members
Improved sanitation facility Unimproved sanitation facility Open defecation (no facility, bush, field)
FLUSH / POUR FLUSH: FLUSH TO PIPED SEWER SYSTEM FLUSH / POUR FLUSH: FLUSH TO SEPTIC TANK FLUSH / POUR FLUSH: FLUSH TO PIT LATRINE FLUSH / POUR FLUSH: FLUSH TO DK WHERE FLUSH / POUR FLUSH: FLUSH TO OPEN DRAIN OTHER DK/Missing
State of Palestine 55.7 34.1 9.7 0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0 100.0 99.6          56,366.0
West Bank 37.7 46.2 15.4 0.2 0.4 0 0.2 0 100.0 99.5

         33,337.0

 Jenin 5.6 50.2 43.3 0.4 0.5 0 0 0.1 100.0 99.5            3,777.0
 Tubas & Northen Valley 8.5 55.5 36 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.0                671.0
     Tulkarm 41.3 51.5 6.5 0.6 0.2 0 0 0 100.0 99.9            2,081.0
     Nablus 50.6 38 11.4 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.0            4,486.0
     Qalqilia 37 38.3 24.7 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.0            1,175.0
     Salfit 23.2 65.5 11.3 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.0                876.0
     Ramallah & Al-Bireh 32.6 50 16.7 0.1 0.6 0 0 0 100.0 99.4            3,744.0
     Jericho & Al-Aghwar 0 79.6 20.4 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.0                658.0
     Jerusalem (*) 73.2 20.7 4.9 0.2 0.3 0 0.7 0 100.0 99.0            5,119.0
     Bethlehem 39.9 46.2 11.5 0.2 2.2 0 0 0 100.0 97.8            2,640.0
     Hebron 30.9 57.5 11.2 0.1 0 0 0.2 0 100.0 99.7            8,110.0
Gaza Strip 81.9 16.6 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.1          23,030.0
     North Gaza 94.1 3.6 2.2 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 100.0 99.9                4,307
     Gaza 97.2 2.5 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.0                8,334
     Deir Al-Balah 87.5 9.9 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.0                3,431
     Khan Yunis 35.8 63.2 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 100.1                4,294
     Rafah 81 15 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 99.9                2,664
source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2021. Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-2020, Survey
Findings Report, Ramallah, Palestine.
Definition: The proportion of the population using safely managed sanitation services is defined as the proportion of the population using an improved sanitation facility which is not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or removed and treated off-site. ‘Improved’ sanitation facilities are those designed to hygienically separate human excreta from human contact. These include wet sanitation technologies such as flush and pour flush toilets connected to sewers, septic tanks or pit latrines, and dry sanitation technologies such as dry pit latrines with slabs, ventilated improved pit latrines and composting toilets.